“I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.” WayWantChildrenMadeDecisionMusicianConscious Author:Stevie Nicks
“I was a schooled musician. When I made 'Blue Velvet', I told everyone what to do. I was an arranger. I learned music in school I told the band to play this. I told the guitar to do that.” MadePlaySchoolBandMusicianBlueGuitarVelvetSchooledMusic In SchoolsBlue Velvet Author:Bobby Vinton
“Tim Price has captured my imagination on many occasions with his forward thinking arrangements and wonderfully captivating playing. He is a unique musician made more unique because he has searched and found his own voice. Truly a rare find in music.” ThinkingMadeFoundVoiceImaginationMusicianUniqueOccasionsArrangementsMy ImaginationCapturedCaptivatingForward Thinking Author:Jeff Coffin
“I have always made commercial music. The people who vote for the Grammy nominees are mostly in their 40s and have other jobs or are musicians themselves. They like music that they can relate to - they like commercial music.” PeopleMadeJobsMusicianVoteRelateGrammyCommercial Music Author:Al Walser
“You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.” ShouldMadeStuffMusicianRelyInterviewsEditorsFactual Author:Black Francis
“Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive.” ArtMadeHouseBornMusicianDesignerIronProgressiveGreat ArtAcidColourful Author:Noel Gallagher
“Part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.” PeopleWorldMadeArtistHappenedPoetComputerMusicianScientistPhilosophicalBeing The BestHistorianBest JobShamelessBusiness InnovationInnovation And BusinessDifferent JobsThink DifferentMacintoshZoologistMacintosh Computers Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you're doing. Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingHumansMadeIdeasDoneArtistInspiringHappenedPoetTasteComputerMusicianScientistStealingBest ThingsMemorableBeing The BestCopiesHistorianGreat ArtGreat IdeaGreat ArtistGood ArtShamelessGood ArtistMacintoshZoologist Author:Steve Jobs
“"What can I offer you that will make you happier about how you should feel about who Angelina Jolie is?" I think that's a very strange desire to know those things. And yet I have it, with musicians in particular. I'm desperate to know what Micah P. Hinson is like or Julian Casablancas. Philip Seymour Hoffman made me feel like that.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldMadeDesireParticularStrangeOffersMusicianDesperatePhilipMicah Author:Angelina Jolie
“I remember when A love Supreme was released - I heard it at a friends house. ... Man it was incredible. That record sounded different than the rest. I was trying to gather my spirituality together, trying to get an understanding of life ..... I felt Coltrane was the first musician who made a transition from one side to the other.” MenTryingFirstsMadeDifferentTogetherRememberSpiritualityHouseFeltUnderstandingSidesRecordsHeardMusicianIncrediblesSupremeTransitionRemember WhenColtrane Author:Maurice White